Novel Characteristics
Themes
Poems about Sexuality
Elegiac Poems
The Hero
100
The allows readers to relate to the individuals more.
What is characters are described in more depth; they are given a psychological process?
100
This theme/genre represented those who were working.
What is Laboring Poems/Literature?
100
What was a main idea in the Poems about Sexuality?
What is women and men both desire pleasure even though that was not portrayed correctly in carpe diem poems?
100
Who wrote "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?"
Who is Thomas Gray?
100
The first hero we studied this semester is
Who is Beowulf?
200
This ties novels to the here and now.
What is the novel is set in a contemporary setting?
200
This theme is explicit throughout all of the British Literature we have read this semester.
What is faith/religion?
200
This female writer was a strong voice in sexuality poems, as well as many other literary genres of the time.
Who is Aphra Behn?
200
Elegiac poems invoke this other type of poem.
What are pastoral poems?
200
Why do we see Oronooko as a hero?
When we get to Oronooko, being a hero does not have to deal with how much you can win battles, it has to deal with how much you can endure. The hero is not the ideal anymore but someone we can see ourselves in; after the fire and the great plague, endurance is what is sought… making it through and standing strong
300
This helped readers understand what was going on because they were not in a fantasy land.
What is the setting is a place that is recognizable?
300
This theme has to deal with the fact that both men and women have desires for pleasure.
What is sexuality?
300
What time/theme does this category reject?
What is carpe diem? Poems such as the Flea by Donne.
300
The setting of some elegiac poems -
What is a cemetery or graveyard?
300
The faith perspective of being a hero changes by the 18th century to this -
What is heroes start faithfully, end up falling and returning to faith, and then end up falling completely from faith. They are no longer perfect and tend to start making mistakes (though they are still somewhat redeemable; humanity becomes more apparent)?
400
The humdrum of other story elements is not followed.
What is rejection of stereotypical plot lines?
400
This idea was associated with novels in the beginning.
What is stigmatization that women would believe everything was true.
400
What is a common struggle for males in Poems about Sexuality?
What is premature ejaculation?
400
This is often pondered in elegiac poems
What is wondering what will happen and who will remember you after you die?
400
These heroes can also be associated with conflict.
What is a Byronic or anti-hero?
500
Why were novels written in the first place?
What is to create an exploration of why people behave the way they do (psychological exploration)?
500
This theme has also been seen in almost all if the literature this semester, though it deals explicitly with characters.
What is heroism?
500
How did the men/women handle the premature ejaculation?
What is women were sometimes embarrassed and the men blamed it on the women.
500
What does not matter after you die according to elegiac poems?
What is fame, class, money, etc?
500
Who is the hero in Paradise Lost and why?
Who is Satan? Additional answers may vary; the story is told from his perspective, he actually falls, etc.
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